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Filip Višnjić

1767 - 1834

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Filip Višnjić (Serbian Cyrillic: Филип Вишњић, pronounced [fîliːp ʋîʃɲitɕ]; 1767–1834) was a Serbian epic poet and guslar. His repertoire included 13 original epic poems chronicling the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire and four reinterpreted epics from different periods of history of Serbia. Born in a village near Ugljevik, Višnjić went blind at the age of eight or nine after contracting smallpox. He lost his family early in life, and began playing the gusle and reciting epic poetry around the age of 20. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Filip Višnjić is the 3,338th most popular writer (up from 3,503rd in 2019), the 109th most popular biography from Bosnia and Herzegovina (up from 119th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Bosnian, Herzegovinian Writer.

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Among writers, Filip Višnjić ranks 3,338 out of 7,302. Before him are Horace McCoy, Monteiro Lobato, Louis Pergaud, Charles Lamb, Ango Sakaguchi, and Nigâr Hanım. After him are Barbara Frischmuth, Oswald de Andrade, Agniya Barto, Uwe Johnson, Suso Cecchi d'Amico, and Lucius Cornelius Sisenna.

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Among people born in 1767, Filip Višnjić ranks 38. Before him are Platon Zubov, Anouvong, Heinrich Schrader, Takizawa Bakin, Black Hawk, and Henri-Montan Berton. After him are Philippe LeBon, Bernhard Romberg, Rachel Jackson, Bashir Shihab II, Charles Jean Marie Barbaroux, and Pavel Chichagov. Among people deceased in 1834, Filip Višnjić ranks 33. Before him are Louis Philippe, Crown Prince of Belgium, Elisa Radziwiłł, Giovanni Aldini, Jean Louis Marie Poiret, Jacques Labillardière, and Charles Lamb. After him are Albrecht Wilhelm Roth, Joseph Bové, Infanta Maria da Assunção of Braganza, Thomas Telford, Gamzat-bek, and Thomas Say.

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In Bosnia and Herzegovina

Among people born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Filip Višnjić ranks 109 out of 375. Before him are Muhamed Mehmedbašić (1886), Trifko Grabež (1895), Hasan Salihamidžić (1977), Sulejman Tihić (1951), Rodoljub Roki Vulović (1955), and Radislav Krstić (1948). After him are Goran Jurić (1963), Vlatko Marković (1937), Nikola Špirić (1956), Andrija Anković (1937), Davorin Popović (1946), and Džemaludin Mušović (1944).

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Among WRITERS In Bosnia and Herzegovina

Among writers born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Filip Višnjić ranks 11. Before him are Jovan Dučić (1871), Aleksa Šantić (1868), Mak Dizdar (1917), Abdulah Sidran (1944), Predrag Matvejević (1932), and Isak Samokovlija (1889). After him are Staka Skenderova (1828), Safvet-beg Bašagić (1870), Dževad Karahasan (1953), Nísia Floresta (1810), Miljenko Jergović (1966), and Umihana Čuvidina (1794).

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